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Updated Oct 21, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDTPublished Oct 21, 2026, 11:09 a.m. EDT3 min readBybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)ZusammenfassungBybit CEO Ben Zhou said partnerships are a standard approach of Bybit’s when entering new territories. The second-largest cryptocurrency exchange is looking to expand into the U. K., saying it remains an attractive, untapped market. Bybit, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, plans to buddy up with an established local company when it enters the U. S. to help it challenge the reach of firms like Robinhood Markets HOOD$102,32, according to CEO Ben Zhou. Zhou said finding a partner is Bybit’s standard approach when entering new territories, suggesting that for the U. S., Bybit will consider working with a company such as Interactive Brokers (IB), for example. “It’s best at this stage to work with a partner who wants to enter the crypto field and who already has a client base in the U. S.,” Zhou said in an interview. “For example, IB or one of those guys who haven't gone into crypto and have a good U. S.

Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 a.m. EDT3 min readU. S. investors will soon have access to binary options on some publicly traded companies. (geralt/Pixabay)SummaryThis is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. While traders spent this week watching bitcoin BTC$81,781.42 gyrate above $80,000 amid key U. S. inflation data, a decision from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission got far less attention. The (SEC) approved the listing of binary options tied to key performance indicators (KPIs) of 23 U. S. publicly traded companies. The metrics include trading volume at crypto exchange Coinbase Global (COIN), customer count and revenue at Robinhood Markets (HOOD), and bitcoin production at mining firm MARA Holdings (MARA). “For crypto, this creates a new way to trade crypto-linked company performance beyond betting directly on BTC’s price,” Eleanor Terrett, the host of Crypto America, said on X.

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